383 Historic Events for June 17
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| 1938 |
Death |
Peter Michael, CEO (Cray Electronics), dies
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| 1938 |
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H V "Ranji" Hordern, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia 1910-12, dies
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Dickey Do, [Gerry Granahan], rocker (Dickey Doo and The Dont's)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Hanna Johansen, writer
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| 1939 |
Death |
Eugene Weldman, last guillotined in France
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Donald Anderson, MP (Labour)
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| 1940 |
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France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II
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| 1940 |
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Germany occupiers ration bread in Holland
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| 1940 |
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General De Gaulle departs Bordeaux for London
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Bobby Bell, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Tony Marlow, MP (Conservative)
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| 1940 |
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USSR occupies Estonia
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| 1941 |
Death |
Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 78
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Norman Kuhlice, England, rocker (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good)
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| 1942 |
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1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Newt[on] L Gingrich, (Rep-R-G, 1979- /Speaker of House 1995-97)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Christopher Brown, composer
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| 1943 |
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Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Bill Rafferty, comedian (Real People, Laugh-in '77)
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Chris Spedding, rocker
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| 1944 |
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-19] French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba
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| 1944 |
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Resistance fighter/poet Col Blake arrives in London
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| 1944 |
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Republic of Iceland proclaimed at Thingvallir, Iceland
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| 1944 |
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Iceland declares independence from Denmark
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| 1944 |
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Hitler secretly meets with von Rundstedt in Marjival Soissons
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